RELATIVES

Started by Spiff November 26th, 2015 8:40 AM
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so about your relatives

Wicked3DS

Until the very end.

Age 31
Male
New Jersey
Seen February 24th, 2022
Posted October 5th, 2021
4,592 posts
9.7 Years
We have a lot of fun when we get together. We're a no drama bunch, save for when one of the girls wants to start trouble on Facebook because she's a coward and won't in person -_- but our gatherings usually go very well!

zakisrage

In the trunk on Highway 10

Age 27
Male
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Seen November 16th, 2016
Posted November 16th, 2016
500 posts
9.8 Years
My family doesn't celebrate Christmas since we're Muslim, but during Eid al-Fitr (which I feel is the closest thing we have to Christmas), my relatives get together and have dinner together. We also give presents (me and the little kids get candy!).

We also sent greetings to our relatives abroad. My mum likes to keep in tough with her cousins in the United States and her cousins in Brazil.

天 (Caine)

Flower Child

Age 31
Male
Vice City
Seen December 25th, 2016
Posted October 17th, 2016
452 posts
7.7 Years
I really enjoy my family gatherings, as dysfunctional as they can be at times. It reminds me of how loved I am by my family, and how strong my love is for them too. Your family won't be around forever, and seeing them each holiday (and hopefully sooner) is truly a blessing.

Livewire

Male
Sunnyshore City
Seen December 3rd, 2022
Posted August 2nd, 2019
14,091 posts
13.8 Years
We rotate who we see for Thanksgiving and this year was the year we see my Dad's side of the family and it was just as awkward and dreadful as I thought it would be, hahaha.

killer-curry

Oro.........?

Age 24
Male
Malaysia
Seen February 26th, 2021
Posted November 1st, 2020
2,521 posts
7.8 Years
When I was a kid , cousins and I played digimon rumble arena in PS2 and we had a blast of fun.

But, now my cousins are glued to phones and I just leeft alone lol. So I decided to interact with elders. Yeah, I should grow up.

Well this month is my grandma's birthday and I still looking foward to see them still

But...... still miss those time............... :-C *sob

Bounsweet

Fruit Pokémon

Seen September 17th, 2018
Posted October 11th, 2017
2,102 posts
15.6 Years
I have some family that I do actually look forward to seeing and enjoy spending time with them, then I have some family when there are gatherings I'm just sitting off to the side on my phone the whole time lol... I'm always in it for the food though. I've been pretty blatant about that before too lol.

Sonata

Don't let me disappear

Age 27
Male
Indiana
Seen 1 Hour Ago
Posted March 25th, 2023
13,619 posts
10.2 Years
I don't really like anyone in my family. My mom's side is even worse than my dad's side though. I'm just in it for the gifts and free food man.

starseed galaxy auticorn

PC's Resident Auticorn

Age 34
she/he/they
the land of magical unicorns
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted 1 Week Ago
6,648 posts
18.9 Years
Actually, all of my relatives live in Maine. I don't get to see them because we live in Arizona at the moment. My mom does call them on the holiday season because they gather during that time though. I get to hear from my grandmother, my uncle Terry and my aunt Lori... and many others. ^w^

When I was younger, we would go over to my grandmother's house for thanksgiving and Christmas. We would open presents at her house or have Thanksgiving dinner with my mom's family as well. My mom even has pictures of these moments somewhere as well. I do miss my relatives because I enjoyed them more than my mom does. As for my dad's side... well... his sister never really liked me much, according to my mom. I had a lot of cousins on my dad's side. I never knew my uncles or even my grandfather on his side. I did know his mother, and I guess I was actually very close to her before she passed away from old age.

BeachBoy

S P A R K of madness

Age 31
Male
Texas
Seen November 17th, 2016
Posted November 16th, 2016
8,396 posts
15.3 Years
I don't really like anyone in my family. My mom's side is even worse than my dad's side though. I'm just in it for the gifts and free food man.
Bingo.

Though, I finally don't have to be guilt-tripped into Christmas with family because they all moved out to the West Cost. It's the best thing for all of us, really. Quite nice to throw our own little holiday celebration over here, and not worry about our families.
credit to easterly
Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted February 26th, 2019
507 posts
7.5 Years
how are you guys going to choose being alone over free food
Most of my relatives don't serve good food.

Honestly, I avoid my relatives not because I dislike them but mostly because we share nothing in common. Most of my family gatherings involve really distant relatives that I don't know. It just an awkward mess that I want to avoid. It's a good thing my parents don't force me to go to family gatherings anymore.

Somewhere_

i don't know where

Age 23
Male
somewhere (duh)
Seen June 5th, 2019
Posted March 17th, 2019
It depends. If its my dad's side, my cousin annoys the heck out of everyone and wont shut up. Otherwise, they are great. My mom's side has all of the drama. After 2 days of being together, there is a crap ton of drama and its horrible.

Ice

Seen October 16th, 2022
Posted February 3rd, 2020
3,448 posts
8.8 Years
I really like my relatives on my mother's side. We hang out regularly, on birthdays, holidays and sometimes randomly. It can get very busy as we're with 30 people, but at least my relatives on my dad's side never meets. That's over 100 people. And that's just my dad's brothers, sisters and their spouses and kids.

Sothis

Will this hand destroy you?

She/her
Firene
Seen 11 Hours Ago
Posted 14 Hours Ago
17,837 posts
9.9 Years
We don't have relatives over, only my brother, who feels the need to pick on me all the time so I'm not looking forward to it /w\

you cannot hope to win
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curiousnathan

Male
Australia
Seen October 18th, 2020
Posted October 5th, 2020
7,753 posts
13.7 Years
We rotate who's house we go to for Christmas lunch in my family. This year we're hosting so everyone is coming over to ours for Christmas which should be interesting. As for general holidays, we usually have family lunches here and there. We just had one for my grandmother's 70th which was nice. We all get along well for the most part.

Leviathan

What's the matter? Lives flashing before your eyes?

Age 29
Female
Ireland
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted January 15th, 2023
1,103 posts
9.9 Years
If given the choice, I'd rather avoid family gatherings. Such thoughts of mine have only been justified several times this year, given how cynical some parts of my family have become, and the fiascos they've caused at special gatherings (i.e. weddings, parties, etc).

gimmepie

Age 27
Male
Australia
Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted 1 Day Ago
The only relatives of mine I'm even remotely close to I see every day, the rest I'm not particularly fussed about seeing apart from maybe my paternal grandmother... actually I despise some of my family so yeah.
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Nolafus

Aspiring something

Age 27
Male
Lost in thought... again
Seen March 3rd, 2018
Posted March 11th, 2017
5,722 posts
10.9 Years
Seeing my family is nice I guess, but I'm the only introvert, and everyone is so excited to see each other that it gets a little overbearing. Once the initial hellos are said and I answer a few hundred questions about how I'm doing, there's nothing to talk about either. I don't really share any common interests with anyone in my family, so I always end up in the corner playing pokemon until it's time to go home.
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Early

☆ My, how the Earth does move... ☆

Age 24
Non-binary
Out of This Dimension
Seen January 3rd, 2017
Posted December 18th, 2016
214 posts
10.9 Years
I don't like family functions, but I'm usually forced to go to them. All of my relatives are really loud and wild, and my mom's side is so large (my grandma has 12 brothers and sisters, with just about all of them having families of their own, too) and out of my age bracket that I don't know anybody. It wouldn't be as bad if I wasn't frowned on in the family due to being the quietest, which the others treat as a serious mental illness/disorder for some reason. I usually end up clinging to my brother at reunions, but I'll admit that the food at family gatherings is always good.
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Kaiyu

Has officially quit PC

Male
Seen November 18th, 2016
Posted February 4th, 2016
1,770 posts
7.5 Years
I enjoy visiting my relatives every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas. There's always a lot of fun things to do with them. I'm excited for both my birthday and Christmas. My birthday is on Christmas Eve and usually everyone throws me a surprise birthday party which is always really fun. =)